The Modern Age

This weekend I attended Jen Music Slut’s birthday party at the bowling alley at Port Authority. I saw this sign in the hallways:

Yes, when I think “Port Authority” besides thinking “shady, dirty, sketchy” I now also think “trendy.” But truth be told, the brand new bowling alley IS quite trendy. It’s still not completely finished [...]

Is eating at home better for your health? - Wednesday Food - MSNBC.com
‘Today’ food editor Phil Lempert shares some findings from a recent study and looks at what supermarkets can do to promote a healthy diet
(tags: food health)

digg - Leet Speak On The News - Very Dangerous Online Code
Warning to parents: You child may be [...]

Last year Rufus Wainwright and his family spread the holiday cheer with their “The McGarrigle Christmas Hour”. This year, on December 13th, Rufus and Martha Wainwright and fam and friends are returning to Carnegie Hall on December 13th for “The Wainwright Family & Friends Celebrate Christmas”, this year featuring guest artists like David Byrne, Jimmy [...]

Record bought at flea market fetches $155,401 - CNN.com
Forty years after it was made, The Velvet Underground’s first recording has become a financial hit — in cyberspace.
(tags: vinyl music ebay nyc)

The indie music site that everyone loves to hate. - By Matthew Shaer - Slate Magazine
The indie music site that everyone loves to hate.
(tags: blogging hipsters indie journalism music pitchfork reviews slate)

The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog
Wii have a problem
(tags: wii nintendo gamesystem nytimes)

EDP24 - Norfolk girl is nation’s Pooh laureate
The [...]

Time Out New York’s latest issue takes New York critics to task by dissecting their knowledge, style, taste, and influence and ranking them.
For music critics, The New Yorker’s Sasha Frere-Jones comes out on top, with a 4.98, and New York Times critic (and favorite TMA villian–yup, still pissed about that Strokes review like 3 years [...]

Wired News: Say Hello to the Goodbye Weapon
The beam produces what experimenters call the “Goodbye effect,” or “prompt and highly motivated escape behavior.” In human tests, most subjects reached their pain threshold within 3 seconds, and none of the subjects could endure more than 5 seconds.

When I got my Netflix DVD in the mail yesterday, I glanced and the back and saw a crayon-ish looking drawing with different religious symbols on a tree. I commented to myself, “Oh looks like they have kid’s drawings on there–must be some kinda children’s charity. That’s sweet.”

Then I looked at the caption, wondering what [...]

What the heck was in the air tonight? It was just totally full of crazy. First off, the crazy dancing lady who was dancing in the aisle during the Ryan Adams Town Hall show I saw in 2004 (with a Music Slut) ended up sitting next to us. Then the guy across the aisle was [...]

Amazon.com: Le Creuset Stoneware Heart Ramekins, Red: Home & Garden
Adorable stonewear
(tags: cooking shopping gifts)

Tiffany & Co. | Item | Tiffany Blue Box®, large. Porcelain. | United States
Cute little blue box
(tags: gifts)

The big Digg rig | CNET News.com
Now, dubious Internet marketers are planting stories, paying people to promote items, and otherwise trying to manipulate rankings on [...]